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MIRACLE IN ROME
IN A CATHEDRAL IN ROME THERE WAS A PRIEST, WHO WAS NOT A FIRM
BELIEVER SAYING MASS. WHEN HE SPLIT THE HOST SOME BLOOD SPILLED
FROM IT ON TO THE CORPOREAL ON THE ALTAR. EVERY YEAR ON GOOD FRIDAY
THE BLOOD LIQUIFIES.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-23-1968
TALE: THE OLD WOMAN IN OUR PARISH
THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WHO USED TO LIVE IN OUR PARISH WHO WOULD
NEVER MISS SUNDAY VESPERS. SHE NEVER WENT TO MASS YET EVERY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THERE SHE WAS AT VESPERS. THIS WENT ON FOR YEARS AND IT
TOOK TO BE HABIT SEEING HER THERE, RAIN OR SHINE.
WELL ONE PARTICULARILY BAD WINTER WE HAD A BLIZZARD THAT STARTED
RIGHT AFTER THE LAST MASS WAS LETTING OUT. BOY, WHAT A BLIZZARD.
IT KEPT ON SNOWING AND BLOWING ALL AFTERNOON AND AS THE TIME FOR
VESPERS APPROACHED WE BEGAN TO WONDER IF SHE'D SHOW UP. THEY
DIDN'T HAVE CARS IN THOSE DAYS AND THE PEOPLE USED TO WALK IF THEY
WANTED TO GO ANYWHERE. WELL, SINCE IT WAS MY TURN, I WENT TO THE
CHURCH AND SURE ENOUGH, THERE SHE WAS. I HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS QUITE
SURPRISED TO SEE HER AS SHE HAD QUITE A WALK.
ANYHOW, AS THE WOMAN LATER TOLD ME, WHILE SHE WAS AT VESPERS, SHE
PRAYED AND PRAYED THAT THE WIND WOULD CHANGE AND SHE'D HAVE IT AT HE
BACK ON HER WAY HOME. KNOW WHAT, SHE DID. THE WIND CHANGED
COURSE DURING VESPERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 06-00-1964
GRANNY BEGAN: WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND READY TO GET MARRIED I THRILLED
TO THE UTMOST. THINGS WERE GOING ALONG VERY WELL WHEN ABOUT THREE
WEEKS BEFORE MY WEDDING MY MOTHER HAD A SUDDEN STROKE. SHE WAS
CONFINED TO HER BED. IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK LATER WHEN I HAD JUST
FINISHED MY FINAL FITTING OF MY WEDDING GOWN. I WAS GOIN' BACK TO
MY ROOM AND WHEN I GOT TO THE STEPS I SAW A BRIGHT LIGHT FROM ABOVE.
I WENT UP THERE AND SAW THE BLESSED MOTHER STANDING THERE. SHE
JUST LOOKED AT ME AND THEN TO MY MOTHER'S ROOM. I WALKED INTO MY
MOTHER'S ROOM WITH MY WEDDING DRESS ON. MOTHER HAD NEVER SEEN IT
BEFORE AS I WAS GOING TO SURPRISE EVERYONE. SHE SAW ME AND GAVE A
FAINT SMILE. I TURNED AND LEFT THE ROOM. ONCE OUTSIDE, I SAW
THAT THE BLESSED VIRGIN WAS GONE. I WENT TO MY ROOM AND LATER THAT
EVENING WHEN I LOOKED IN ON MOTHER I FOUND THAT SHE HAD DIED WITH
THAT SAME FAINT SMILE ON HER FACE. IT WAS THE BLESSED MOTHER THAT
TOLD ME TO GO AND LET HER SEE ME IN MY WEDDING GOWN.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME DURING ONE OF GRANNY'S FRONT PORCH TALKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
HOW MUSHROOMS STARTED
THE JESUS WENT TO SAINT PETER AND WENT TO FARM. FARM LADY BAKED
PANCAKE -- STOVE WAS LIKE PLATE. PETER SO HUNGRY, STOLE PANCAKES
AND WHEN JESUS NOT LOOKIN', PUT IT IN THE SHIRT. THEY WENT TO
WOODS, AND PETER ATE PIECE OF PANCAKE WHEN JESUS NOT LOOKIN'.
EVERYTIME HE WANT TO SWALLOW, THE JESUS STARTED TO TALK TO HIM, SO
HE GRABT FROM HIS MOUTH AND THREW IT IN THE WOODS. FINALLY, THE
JESUS TELL HIM HE KNOW HE STOLET PANCAKE, AND DID NOT SWOLLOW, BUT
THREW IT INTO THE WOODS. SO THE JESUS SAY IT WILL NOT BE WASTED,
THAT PANCAKE, BUT WILL GROW INTO THE MUSHROOMS.
Submitter comment:
COLLECTOR RECORDED THIS STORY IN THE EXACT WORDS.
MY GRANDMOTHER HAD HEARD THIS STORY FROM HER FIRST HUSBAND OVER
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Plant Life PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-08-1965
LEGEND OF ST. LAWRENCE
IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHILE ST. LAWRENCE WAS LITERALLY BEING BURNED ON
A RED HOT GRILL FOR HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH, HE SAID TO ONE OF THE
SOLDIERS, WHO WAS WATCHING HIM ROAST, "PLEASE, TURN ME OVER FOR I'M
DONE ON THIS SIDE."
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): BRAVERY ; ENDURANCE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
OUR LADY OF CHASTOHOVA
ONCE UPON A TIME A HEATHEN SOLDIER SLASHED A PICTURE OF MARY IN
IRREVERENCE. THE PICTURE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO BLEED. THE POLISH HAVE
SINCE VENERETED HER AS OUR LADY OF CHASTOHOVA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NATIONALITY ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
LEGEND
"LEGEND HAS IT THAT ON ONE OCCASION, WHEN FATHER SORIN WAS RECALLED
TO EUROPE, POSSIBLY TO BE REPLACED HERE AT NOTRE DAME BECAUSE OF SOM
DECISIONS HE HAD MADE WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF AUTHORITIES IN EUROPE,
HE HAD HIMSELF ARRESTED--AND FORBIDDEN TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
SAINT PATRICK'S PURGATORY
IN IRELAND THERE IS A LAKE CALLED LOUGH DEAGH WITH AN ISLAND IN THE
CENTER OF IT. THE ISLAND IS CALLED ST. PATRICK'S PURGATORY. IT IS
SAID THAT ST. PATRICK SPENT THREE DAYS ON THE ISLAND WITHOUT EATING
FOR PENANCE.
Submitter comment:
PEOPLE GO THERE NOW AND SPEND THREE DAYS THERE WITHOUT EATING LIKE
ST. PATRICK.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): PLACE NAMES ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 12-01-1969
SAINT SANGENNARO
THE ROCK, ON WHICH ST. SANGENNARO WAS BEHEADED, IS KEPT IN A GLASS
CASE IN THE CHURCH NAMED AFTER HIM IN NAPLES, ITALY. EVERY SPRING AN
AUTUMN THE BLOOD ON THE ROCK LIQUIFIES. IF IT FAILS TO LIQUIFY IT
PORTENDS A DISASTER. IT FAILED TO LIQUIFY BEFORE WORLD WAR 1 ,
WORLD WAR 2, AND THE KOREAN WAR. IT ALSO DIDN'T LIQUIFY IN 1963, THE
YEAR THAT THE INFORMANT SAW IT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; HISTORICAL ; OMEN ; Portent ; RELIGION ; Rock ; Saint Sangennaro ; SIGN ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 11-23-1968 ; 00-00-1963
SAINT BRENDON OF IRELAND
A SAINT MENTIONED IN THE SAGAS OF VIKINGS THIS LEGENDARY CHARACTER
SAILED TO THE NEW WORLD ON THREE OCCASIONS IN THE SIXTH CENTURY.
HE IS MENTIONED IN SPANISH MAPS (THE GREAT NAVIGATOR OF THE TIME )
WHERE HE IS CREDITED WITH THE DISCOVERY OF MANY ISLANDS. ON HIS
FIRST TRY, HE TRAVELED TO GREENLAND (WHERE THE REMAINS OF A CHURCH
IS STILL IN EXISTENCE.) HIS SECOND TRIP TOOK HIM TO NOVA SCOTIA
AND ON HIS FINAL TRIP, HE JOURNEYED TO THE MAINLAND ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO FLORIDA, WHERE HE FOUND ANOTHER IRISHMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HISTORICAL ; RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): BRENDAN ; IRONY ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 02-01-1968
A COMMON JOKE FROM MEXICO.
AMONG THE SEMI-RELIGIOUS IS THAT JESUS WILL NEVER RETURN, BECAUSE
HE WAS SO BADLY MISTREATED THE FIRST TIME HE CAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
SAINT MAGNUS - APOSTLE OF THE ALLGAU
IN FUSSEN THERE IS A WATERFALL WHICH IS SPRING-FED FROM TYROL.
THE WATER FROM THE FALL FLOWS INTO A VERY NARROW GORGE.
ONE DAY ST. MAGNUS, THE APOSTLE OF THE ALLGAU, WAS BEING CHASED
BY HIS ENEMIES. THEY CORNERED HIM ABOVE THE WATERFALL. ST. MAGNUS HAD
TWO CHOICES: JUMP AND DROWN IN THE RUSHING WATERS OR BE CAPTURED BY
HIS ENEMIES. HE JUMPED AND MADE IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE GORGE.
TODAY, THERE STILL EXISTS A FOOTPRINT IN THE ROCK WHERE ST.
MAGNUS LANDED. NO MATTER WHAT MAN TRIES TO STEP INTO IT OR WHAT SIZE
SHOE HE WEARS, HIS SHOE WILL FIT THE FOOTPRINT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS LEGEND ; SAINT'S LEGEND: SAINT MAGNUS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
FATHER BAKER'S MIRACLE
THIS IS A TRUE STORY ABOUT FATHER BAKER'S MIRACLE. FATHER BAKER HAD A
LITTLE CHURCH IN BUFFALO NEW YORK. HE WANTED TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH,
BUT THERE WAS NO MONEY. ONE DAY AFTER CELEBRATING MASS HE TOLD THE
ALTAR BOYS TO FOLLOW THEM. STILL DRESSED IN THE GARB OF THE CHURCH
FATHER BAKER POINTED TO A PLACE IN AN EMPTY FIELD AND SAID "DRILL
HERE FOR OIL," BUT EVERYONE KNEW THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE AREA. ON HIS
INSISTANCE THEY DRILLED, FOUND OIL LESS THAN FIFTY FEET DOWN,
AND THUS FINANCED THE CHURCH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WAS A MEMBER OF FATHER BAKER'S PARISH WHERE THE STORY
IS TOLD.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): PRIEST AS OIL WITCH ; WATER WITCH: OIL WITCH
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
IRISH LEGEND
IN IRELAND, MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERED THIS STORY AS TOLD TO HER
FROM THE PULPIT BY THE PARISH PRIEST. MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO TELL
SUCH STORIES TO ME AND MY BROTHERS WHEN WE WERE SMALL CHILDREN AND
WE SLEPT WITH HER. A YOUNG BOY WAS WALKING DOWN THE ROAD ON A COLD
WINTER DAY. AT A CROSSROAD HE MET ANOTHER BOY, A BIT YOUNGER, WHO
LOOKED VERY POOR, HE HAD NO COAT TO PROTECT HIM FROM THE WIND
OR RAIN. THE FIRST BOY FELT SORRY FOR THE LITTLE ONE AND GAVE HIM
HIS NICE WARM COAT. UPON RETURNING HOME THE OLDER BOY WAS SCOLDED
BY HIS MOTHER AND PUNISHED FOR GIVING AWAY HIS COAT. BESIDES
HE BECAME ILL BECAUSE HE WAS ALL WET AND COLD. YEARS LATER THE
OLDER BOY BECAME A PRIEST. HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITNESSED HIS
FIRST MASS. AS HE LOOKED UP TO HEAVEN DURING THE MASS THERE WAS
A STRANGE LIGHT ABOVE THE ALTAR. THERE IN VIEW OF EVERY-BODY
APPEARED THE CHILD JESUS AND HE WAS SMILING AND WEARING THE SAME
LITTLE COAT WHICH THE PRIEST HAD GIVEN AWAY YEARS BEFORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARITY ; VISION OF JESUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
CHRIST AND THE ROBINS
THE REASON ROBINS HAVE RED BREASTS ARE BECAUSE WHEN CHRIST WAS
DYING ON THE CROSS BIRDS SNUGGLED UP THEIR BREASTS TO CHRIST'S
WOUNDS, IN ORDER TO CATCH THE FLOWING BLOOD. IN RETURN FOR THEIR
GOOD DEED CHRIST GAVE THEM THEIR RED BREASTS IN RECOGNITION FOR
THEIR DEED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM A GRADE SCHOOL SISTER IN SECOND GRADE
AT HOLY NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CRUCIFIXION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Characteristics of Animals PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
ST. PAUL'S GROTTO
UNDER A CHURCH IN RABAT, IS A GROTTO IN WHICH ST. PAUL AND HIS
COMPANIONS ARE SAID TO HAVE LIVED WHILE IN MALTA. LOCAL LEGEND
CLAIMS THAT WHATEVER AMOUNT OF STONE IS REMOVED FROM THIS GROTTO,
THE DIMENSIONS REMAIN THE SAME.
Where learned: HOME
Date learned: 11-11-1967
LEGEND
ONE OF MY GIRLFRIENDS ONCE TOLD ME THAT A FRIEND OF HER MOTHER'S
WAS FLYING OUT EAST BUT SHE WAS AFRAID OF FLYING. WHILE IN THE PLANE
THE WOMAN SAID THAT SOMETHING TOLD HER TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE
CLOUDS. ALTHOUGH THE WOMAN FELT STRANGE ABOUT TAKING A PICTURE OF
THE CLOUDS, SHE STILL DID IT. NOT REALLY THINKING TOO MUCH ABOUT IT
WHILE ON HER VACATION IT ALL CAME BACK TO HER WHEN SHE RECEIVED HER
DEVELOPED PICTURES. FOR THE PICTURE THAT WAS TAKEN IN THE CLOUDS
REVEALED A CHRIST-LIKE IMAGE .
Submitter comment:
THE WOMAN FELT THAT IT WAS THE LORD THAT TOLD HER TO TAKE THE
PICTURE IN THE FIRST PLACE. SHE FELT THAT THE LORD WAS TRYING TO
TELL HER THAT HE IS ALWAYS THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
"THIS HAPPENED IN 1959. HORACE TURNER WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
JUNIOR CHOIR WHEN I ATTENDED CHURCH AND ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE,
GOD WANTED HORACE TO PREACH, BUT HORACE RESISTED. ONE THURSDAY
NIGHT, IT SEEMED AS IF HORACE HEARD THESE WORDS, 'I'M GOING TO
TAKE SOMETHING FROM YOU THAT YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT AND GIVE YOU
SOMETHING GREATER IN RETURN.' ON FRIDAY, WHILE HORACE WAS ON HIS
LUNCH HOUR, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CAPTURE A MOTHER PIGEON AND TAKE
IT HOME TO HIS CHILDREN WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE HEARD A
WHOOSHING SOUND AS IF SOMETHING HAD FLOWN AWAY. HE LOOKED
TOWARD THE SKY, SAW NOTHING, AND THE PIGEON WAS STILL IN THE EXACT
SPOT. SHE WAS IN BEFORE HORACE HEARD THE SOUND. THE 'WHOOSH'
CAME AT THE SAME TIME THAT HORACE'S ONLY SON, WHO WAS TEN, DIED
FROM A GUNSHOT. HIS 12-YEAR-OLD FRIEND SHOT HIM (HORACE'S SON)
WITH A 30-30 WINCHESTER. A FEW NIGHTS LATER, HORACE PREACHED HIS
FIRST SERMON AT THE DINNER TABLE WITH HIS FAMILY. HE TOLD ME ONCE
THAT HE DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT SERMONS AND THAT ALL HE DID WAS PICK UP
PAPER AND PEN AND THE WORDS FLOWED AS IF BY MAGIC. HE'S STILL
PREACHING AT THIS TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUSKEGON
| Subject headings: | Observation PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: CA00001959
"DID THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE ANY RELIGION MRS. TOWNE?"
"WELL, THE LUMBERJACKS DID BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT THEY DID NOT
HAVE A CHURCH. I DO REMEMBER ONE TIME, THOUGH, WHEN A
MINISTER DID COME TO OUR LUMBERING CAMP. FOR A WHILE HE WAS
QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN CONVERTING AND BAPTISING THE LUMBERJACKS.
HIS SUCCESS ENDED, HOWEVER, WHEN THE LUMBERJACKS FOUND OUT
THAT THE WOMAN HE WAS LIVING WITH WAS NOT HIS WIFE. THEY RAN
THAT MINISTER OUT OF TOWN AND NEVER LISTENED TO ANY MORE
TRAVELING MINISTERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00001930S
LEGEND OF SAINT (MAR) ADDAI
BEFORE JESUS DIED, JESUS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE KING
OF EDDESSA, A MAN CALLED ABGAR. HE WROTE JESUS A LETTER
BECAUSE HE HAD HEARD PEOPLE SAYING JESUS WAS HAVING TROUBLE
WITH THE JEWS. IN ABGAR'S LETTER HE ASKS AND INVITES JESUS
TO COME TO EDDESSA WHERE HE WOULD SHARE IN ABGAR'S KINGDOM.
EDDESSA WAS A SMALL COUNTRY AND JESUS WITH ABGAR WOULD
REIGN TOGETHER. IN THE LETTER ABGAR MENTIONS THAT HE HAS LEPROSY
AND ASKS TO BE CURED BY JESUS.
JESUS WROTE ABGAR A LETTER, THE ONLY LETTER THAT HISTORY
EVEN MENTIONS THAT JESUS WROTE.
JESUS WRITES IN THE LETTER--"I CAN'T COME NOW, BUSY
WITH MY FATHER'S BUSINESS. AFTER I RETURN TO MY FATHER
I WILL SEND SOMEONE TO YOU AND THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR
NEEDS."
JESUS DIES, BUT TO CONTINUE THE STORY, THERE ARE THREE LEGENDS
OF THE PASSING ON THE TRADITION OF THE LETTER OF JESUS.
(1) AN ARTIST SENT WITH ABGAR'S LETTER COULDN'T DRAW THE FACE
OF JESUS SO JESUS TOOK A CLOTH AND PRESSED IT TO
HIS FACE, THEN AN IMAGE OF JESUS APPEARED. (THIS WAS
BEFORE JESUS' DEATH)--IMAGE OF JESUS TAKEN TO ABGAR WHICH HEALS
HIM.
(2) VERONICA'S VEIL--IMAGE OF JESUS TAKEN TO ABGAR WHICH HEALS
HIM.
(3) THE IMAGE OF JESUS ON THE BURIAL SHROUD (NOW THE SHROUD
OF TURIN, ITALY)--WHICH WAS TAKEN AND HEALED ABGAR'S LEPROSY.
AFTER JESUS' DEATH AND RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION, THE
APOSTLES DISPERSE AND GO TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD.
ST. THOMAS, REMEMBERING JESUS' PROMISE AND LETTER, SENT
THADDEUS (TH-ADDAI-US) TO ABGAR WITH THIS WONDERFULL IMAGE
OF CHRIST. THE PERSON WHO INTRODUCED ADDAI TO THE COURT
OF THE KING WAS A JEWISH MAKER OF VESTMENTS AND ROYAL
CROWNS WHO THEN MADE A COVER FOR THE PICTURE, AND AS THIS IMAGE
WAS CARRIED INTO THE COURT, ABGAR WAS STRUCK BY A
BRILLIANT LIGHT COMING FROM THE PORTRAIT AND WAS CURED
OF HIS LEPROSY. THE BRIGHT LIGHT CURED ABGAR'S LEPROSY
AND ABGAR WAS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY, HE WAS A PAGAN
BEFORE. ALL OF HIS FAMILY OFFERED RICH REWARDS FOR MAR (SAINT)
ADDAI, BUT ADDAI REFUSED. HE WANTED THE CHANCE
TO PREACH TO THE WHOLE KINGDOM. ADDAI DID, AND THE WHOLE KING-
DOM WAS CONVERTED BY HIS ELEQUENCE. THEN ADDAI WENT TO
OTHER PARTS OF PERSIA. ABGAR'S GRANDSON, ALSO NAMED ABGAR,
REVERTED BACK TO PAGANISM AND PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS.
THE CHRISTIANS TOOK THE IMAGE OF CHRIST AND HID IT
IN A NICHE ABOVE THE CITY GATE, WITH IT WAS BURIED
A COPY 0F THE IMAGE AND A LAMP, A BURNING LAMP.
OVER THE YEARS PEOPLE FORGOT WHERE THE IMAGE WAS HIDDEN AND
THE STORY BECAME MERELY A LEGEND UNTIL THERE WAS A GREAT
FLOOD WHICH DESTROYED PART OF THE CITY WALLS, INCLUDING PART
OF THE GATE OVER WHICH THE IMAGE WAS HIDDEN. DURING
THE REPAIRS, THE IMAGE WAS REDISCOVERED WITH THE LAMP
WHICH WAS STILL BURNING. THE PEOPLE TOOK THE IMAGE AND
RESPONDED WITH GREAT JOY AND PROCESSED IT TO THEIR
TOWN INTO THE CHURCH WHERE IT WAS ENSHRINED FOR MANY HUNDREDS OF
YEARS.
Submitter comment:
THE LEGEND OF MAR ADDAI IS NOTED IN AN ANCIENT HISTORIAN'S
WRITING, THAT OF EUSEBIUS. IT HAS BEEN CARRIED ON
THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES BY PIOUS CHURCH FOLLOWERS.
EDDESSA, TODAY IS MODERN URFA IN TURKEY.
MAR MEANS SAINT OR LORD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |